The destruction of this planet would have no significance on a cosmic scale: to an observer in the Andromeda nebula, the sign of our extinction would be no more than a match flaring for a second in the heavens: and if that match does blaze in the darkness there will be none to mourn a race that used a power that could have lit a beacon in the stars to light its funeral pyre. The choice is ours.

/ Stanley Kubrick /

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NGC 3198 (Galaxy) Right ascension: 10h 21m Declination: 45° 29' Constellation: Ursa Major Date/time: 2013.02.08 21:30 UT Equipment: 4.5" f/8 Newtonian FoV: 45' Magnification and filter(s): 60x Seeing: 6/10 Transparency: 4/5 SQM: 21.36 m/as2 Temperature: -7°C Humidity: low Wind: none Sight: 1 - nothing spectacular Difficulty: 4 - hardly visible, dark adaptation and very dark skies needed, averted vision is required to see details Position: 3 - moderate, some starhopping needed Location: Lipótfa, Zselic, Hungary Observer: Ferenc Lovró Description: Extremely faint - at least to my little Newtonian. Elongated by 1:4 in the E-W directions. It has a somewhat heavy position, and to tell the truth, I've found the galaxy after a longer search. I can detect the GX only with averted vision most of the time. Its core is only a little bit brighter than its surface, and has a shape of an almond. Sometimes its Southern half appears brighter than the Northern. Hi-resolution image: [ reversed sketch | original sketch ]

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